Nigerian doctors unwilling to commit abortions, suggests study

13 August 2010

A new study has suggested that only 13 percent of Nigerian doctors would be prepared to perform abortion, if the Nigerian abortion laws were liberalised. The study also revealed that doctors do not think the liberalisation of abortion laws will reduce abortion-related maternal deaths. Previous studies have found that a third of Nigerian lawmakers opposed abortion under any circumstances. [LifeSiteNews.com, 6 August] http://bit.ly/baKXkZ

Scots patients left to starve

Recently released figures suggest that 90 patients a year die of starvation in Scottish hospitals. The figures say that 452 mostly elderly patients were killed by hunger over the last five years. The 2009 figures reveal that Greater Glasgow and Clyde were the areas where deaths caused by malnutrition was highest. Ross Finnie, the Liberal Democrat health spokesperson, said ministers must investigate this issue as a matter of urgency. [Express, 10 August] http://bit.ly/bEnWUQ

Marie Stopes selling male vasectomies in Ireland via beer-mat ads

Marie Stopes International, the abortion provider, has claimed that the number of Irish men seeking vasectomies is increasing every day, following their advertising campaign on beer mats in Dublin pubs. Gabrielle Malone, Marie Stopes's programme director, said that the advertising campaign would now be extended throughout the whole of Ireland. [OPT, 10 August] http://bit.ly/bdygaR